Historical

UPDATED: 27/08/2025 27 August 1914, Kimberley Defence Rifle Association formed. 27 August 1916, SA rugby player and cricketer Tony Harris born. DID YOU KNOW The public of Kimberley, with the mobilization of the Kimberley Regiment, were keen to get involved ...

UPDATED: 26/08/2025 26 August 1891, British Isles defeats Cape Colony XV 4-0 at the Eclectic ground. 26 August 1897, Kgosi Galeshewe captured by colonial forces. 26 August 1899, Despite being held 0-0 by Rhodesia in their final game, Griquas win the ...

UPDATED: 25/08/2025 25 AUGUST 1904, De Beers takes over the town council electricity 25 AUGUST 1954, Gallery founder Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin dies. Photographer extraordinaire Alfred Duggan-Cronin Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin (pictured) was an Irish-born South African photographer who undertook several photographic and collecting ...

22 August 1873, The first recorded Jewish birth in Kimberley, Victor Rosettenstein. 22 August 1885, Lionel Phillips marries Florrie Ortlepp at All Saints, Beaconsfield. 22 August 1922, The death of Gardner Williams, first GM of De Beers. Florrie Ortlepp and ...

UPDATED: 21/08/2025 21 August 1860, Thomas Lane, who is buried in Kimberley, wins the Victoria Cross at Taku Fort. 21 August 1878, Rev David Brown, the first Presbyterian minister for Kimberley, arrives. 21 August 1880, Rev Jas Hughes, the first ...

UPDATED: 20/08/2025 20 August 1895, Jan Smuts makes his maiden political speech in the Town Hall. 20 August 1905, Death of nursing pioneer and colleague of Sister Henrietta Stockdale – Mary Hirst Watkins. She qualified in nursing and midwifery under ...

UPDATED: 19/08/2025 19 August 1876, Kimberley Light Horse formed. 19 August 2000, Harry Oppenheimer dies. The death of Harry Oppenheimer Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in the family home “Friedberg” at 7 Lodge Road, Belgravia Kimberley on 28 October 1908. ...

18 August 1947, Henry Everington murdered at 28 Searle Street. The Searle Street Murder It is in the early hours of the morning during Kimberley’s cold months that traditionally, residents should be more alert than usual, as it is then ...

15 August 1858, Gasebonwe executed at Rooidam. 15 August 1881, Rev Zaccheus Richard Mahabane born. 15 August 1925, England Ladies defeat GW Ladies at hockey 7-0. 15 August 1927, The new X-Ray building at the Kimberley Hospital opened. Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane The ...

UPDATED: 14/08/2025 14 August 1882, Kimberley Club (pictured) opens for business. 14 August 1886, Alfred Schlemmer is the first rugby player in the world to die from injuries sustained on the field of play. 14 August 1914, The Kimberley Mine ...